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Photograph, William H. R. Lykins house, Lawrence, Kansas TerritoryAuthors:Leonard, 613 Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS.Date: 1854A view of the William H. R. Lykins house, Lawrence, Kansas Territory. This probably is the second house built by Lykins on the future site of Lawrence. He settled in the area on May 26, 1854, many weeks before the first Emigrant Aid Society party arrived. Lykins built one house northwest of the present-day Lawrence in May 1854. In August of that year, he built another house near the future site of the Emigrant Aid Company's sawmill on the south bank of the Kansas River. The photograph is from a cabinet card made by Leonard, 613 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas.

Keywords:Cabinet photographs; Photographs and Illustrations; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Tucker, E. S.Photograph, Edward RussellAuthors: No authors specified.Date: c. 1865Portrait of Edward Russell, a newspaperman and politician. He came to Kansas in 1856, where he located at Elwood, in Doniphan county. Shortly after moving to Kansas, Russell started a newspaper that espoused the free-state side. In August, 1858, he lobbied Doniphan county citizens against the Lecompton Constitution. In that same year, Russell, D. W. Wilder and others founded a free-state paper. He later served in the Kansas legislature and held several state offices.